Stocks are trading higher this morning (the Dow Jones industrial average is up about 110 points, or 1 percent) and some of the credit is going to these latest economic indicators:-- The private Institute for Supply Management says the nation's manufacturing sector expanded again in December.

There’s not a whole lot to laugh about when it comes to the housing crisis.But tonight, neighbors in one condo association aim to find humor in their misery – and raise some cash to help them out of their financial hole at the same time.Say you live in a condo building with a third of th